Tallahassee YMCA president praises Jameis Winston's community service skills

Jameis Winston had a “good attitude” while mopping, cleaning and doing other custodial work at the North West YMCA in Tallahassee, Fla. this weekend, as he completed his 20 hours of community service for shoplifting $32.72 worth of seafood from a local grocery store.

Ray Purvis, the Capital Region YMCA president and CEO, confirmed an initial TMZ report that the Heisman Trophy winner did janitorial work for five hours for four straight days, last Thursday through Sunday.

“In talking with the staff that supervised his experience, he did some cleaning, mopping, some general cleanup, custodial kinds of activities, and he interacted with some of our members on the fitness floor, and by all accounts was well received,” Purvis said. “My staff person tells me he came in and had a good attitude and performed the community service and completed that obligation.”

Last week, the Florida State quarterback and pitcher was cited for shoplifting at a Publix grocery store. Following the ordeal, he was kicked off the baseball team. Though Winston wasn’t arrested for theft, Publix and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office agreed to let him enter a pre-trial diversion program that required him to complete 20 hours of community service.

‘We are certainly very glad that Jameis chose to come to the Y,” Purvis said. “There are a lot of connections obviously in our community between most of the community service organizations and Florida State, so we’re just glad that we were there and glad that he was able to get that out of the way.”

Tallahassee YMCA president praises Jameis Winston's community service skills

Jameis Winston had a “good attitude” while mopping, cleaning and doing other custodial work at the North West YMCA in (…)

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